It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had been besieged, I went to him and said: You are the leader and ruler of the people, and the circumstances that have befallen you are also before you. I present three options before you, you may choose any one of them: Either you go out and fight these rebels, you have strength and many people are with you, moreover, you are upon the truth and their stance is false. The second option is that you leave the door where those people are present, make a way out through a wall of your house, mount your ride and reach Makkah; there, they will not dare to kill you. The third option is that you go to the land of Sham, the people there are good because they are from Sham, and Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) is also present there. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), after hearing these suggestions, said: As for the first option you mentioned, that I go out and fight, it cannot be that I become the first to shed blood after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The second option, that I go to Makkah because these people will not kill me there, I submit that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: A man from the Quraysh will commit heresy in Makkah, half the punishment of the whole world will be given to that one man alone. So I will not be that man. And as for the third option you mentioned, that I go to the land of Sham, that the people of Sham are good and Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) is also there, I submit that I will not leave my place of migration and the neighborhood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Ibn Abzi that when Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: I have excellent camels, I have prepared them for you, if you wish, you may proceed to Makkah, after that whoever wishes to come to you, may come and meet you. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say that in Makkah, a man from the Quraysh named Abdullah will commit heresy, upon him will be sins equal to half the sins of all people.

It is narrated from Abu Sahla that when Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged in his house, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a covenant from me, and I will remain steadfast upon it. Qais said: On that day, people were looking at Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) with longing.

It is narrated from Sa’d that Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you find this permission in the Book of Allah that you may put shackles on my feet, then you may do so.

It is narrated from Thumamah bin Hazn Qushayri that on the day when Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, I was present at his house. Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) looked towards the people and said: O people, call those two prominent men among you who have incited you against me. So when they were called, he said: I ask you by Allah, do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah and the mosque became too small for the worshippers, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is there anyone who will buy this piece of land with his pure wealth and add it to the mosque, and he will have no special right over it, but will have the same right as any other Muslim, and in exchange for it he will have a better place in Paradise? So I bought that piece of land with my pure personal wealth and dedicated it for the Muslims, but now the situation is such that you people do not even allow me to pray two rak‘ahs in this mosque. Then he said: I ask you by Allah, do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, there was no well with sweet water except the well of Rumah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who is there who will buy this well with his personal wealth and dedicate it for the Muslims, and his share in it will be like that of any other Muslim, and in exchange for it he will have a better well in Paradise? So I bought this well with my personal wealth, but now the situation is such that you do not even allow me to drink water from it. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you know that I am the one who equipped the army of hardship, i.e., the army of Tabuk? The people said: Allah is witness that all these things are true.

It is narrated from Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman that when Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged, he looked down from the top of the house and said: O people! I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who was present at that time when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on Hira, and the mountain began to shake, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his blessed foot on the mountain and said: O Hira! Be still, for only a Prophet, a Siddiq, or a martyr is upon you. At that time, I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Many people affirmed this. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask, by Allah, that person who was present on the day of the Pledge of Ridwan, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me as an envoy to the polytheists of Makkah, and while taking and giving the pledge, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is my hand and this is Uthman's hand, meaning he took the pledge on my behalf. Many people affirmed this as well. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask, by Allah, that person who was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at that time when he said: Who is there who will buy the house next to the mosque and include it in the mosque, and in return he will get a house in Paradise? So I bought that place with my personal wealth and expanded the mosque. Many people affirmed this claim as well. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask, by Allah, that person who was present at the time of the army of hardship, i.e., the expedition of Tabuk, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who is there who will spend in the way of Allah today, and his deed will be accepted by Allah? So I arranged for half of the army's needs with my personal wealth. Many people affirmed this virtue as well. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked by Allah: Does anyone know that the water of Rumah was sold to travelers for a price, and I bought it with my personal wealth and dedicated it for the travelers? Many people affirmed this as well.

It is narrated from Abu Umamah bin Sahl that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged in his house. He came to a place in his house from where his voice could be heard outside. He went to that place, looked towards us, and said: Now these people are threatening to kill me. We said: O Commander of the Faithful! Allah is sufficient for you against them. He then said: How will these people kill me when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The blood of a Muslim is not lawful except in three cases: a man who becomes an apostate after accepting Islam, or a married person who commits adultery, or someone who kills another, so he is killed in retaliation. By Allah! Since Allah has guided me, I have never preferred any religion over my religion, and neither before Islam nor after Islam have I ever committed adultery, nor have I killed anyone. Then why are these people intent on killing me?

Mujbir says: Those who had besieged the house of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) looked down at them from above his house and greeted them with salam, but those people did not reply to his salam. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Is Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) among you?" Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Yes." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. I am greeting the people with salam, while you are among them, and you are not replying to the salam? How regrettable this is." Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes, I have replied." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Talha! This is not the way to reply. You are hearing my voice, but I am not hearing your voice. Well, Talha! I ask you by Allah, did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that except in three cases, it is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim: apostasy after faith, that is, becoming a murtadd; committing adultery after being married; or killing someone, in which case the killer is killed in retaliation?" Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah is witness that I heard this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allahu Akbar, since I have recognized Allah, I have never denied Him, nor did I commit adultery in the time of ignorance, nor after accepting Islam. Even before Islam, I considered it extremely detestable, and after Islam, while avoiding sin, I never committed it. And I have never killed any soul for which I should be killed in retaliation."

It is narrated from Aslam, he says: During the days when ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged, I was at the place where funeral prayers are offered, and the crowd of people was such that if a stone were thrown, it would hit someone’s head. I saw that ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) looked out from the hole in his house which is adjacent to the place of Jibril (peace be upon him). He said: O people! Is Talhah among you? The people remained silent. He said again: O people! Is Talhah among you? The people remained silent. Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said for the third time: O people! Is Talhah among you? Finally, Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up. Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Do I not see you among these people? I did not think that you would be among a group and I would call you three times and you would not answer? Talhah! Now I ask you by Allah, do you remember that one day you and I were at such-and-such a place with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and besides you and me, there was no other companion with him? Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes. Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to you: Talhah! Every Prophet will have a companion from his Ummah in Paradise who will be that Prophet’s companion, and this ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan will be my companion in Paradise. Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah is my witness, I remember. After that, Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) went back down.

It is narrated from Sayyida Na’ila (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Commander of the Faithful, Sayyiduna ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), dozed off and slept. Then when he woke up, he said:“These people will certainly kill me.”I said:“Insha’Allah, never; such a thing has not happened yet. Your subjects are only trying to frighten you.”He said:“I saw in a dream the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). They said: ‘Tonight you will break your fast with us.’”